Re: Lamp killing circuit breakers?

  A tripped circuit breaker will not turn back on until you
turn it off even more.

Michael Burr wrote:
> Hi all,  this situation is so wierd that I'd appreciate some
> help.  I replaced the dimmer module in my torche halogen floor
> lamp, plugged it in to test, and nothing happened.  I then
> discoverd that all the outlets in my shop area were dead. I went
> to the breaker box and the circuit breaker didn't look tripped,
> but I reset it anyway... still nothing on that branch despite
> multiple resets and unplugging everything.
> 
> Still wanting to test the lamp, I went into the  garage and
> plugged the lamp into an outlet that I know was energized
> because I had just tested it when determining the extent of the
> shop outlets problem.  This time, since I was close to the
> breaker box, I heard the "click" of a breaker being thrown and
> still no light from my lamp.  Back to the breaker box, where the
> circuit breaker for the garage outlets looked fine, but once
> again I reset it anyway... still no power despite multiple
> resets and removing everything else from the circuit.
> 
> Both breakers now appear non-functional after simply plugging in
> this innoculous halogen lamp!  Has anybody seen a case where a
> simple appliance has "killed" the circuit breakers?  I'm really
> stumped by this...